| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
90 |
Cooperative |
| Milk Supply |
90 |
Own patrons |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
100 |
Full and open disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
90 |
Various |
| Certifier processing |
75 |
QAI |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
75 |
As per USDA regs |
| Health and longevity of cows |
90 |
Farms recently transitioned to organic |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
75 |
As per USDA regs |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
100 |
Never |
| Reproductive hormones used |
50 |
Occasional oxytocin use |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies are visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
100 |
None |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1025 |
FOUR COWS (excellent)
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